Firas_GLE

Hi all. I was doing a check ups with the dealer for my gle400 regarding the recent vibrations I felt in the car, I also mentioned this in my tire suggestion thread. As per them, my car has the following issues:
- Lower control arm bushing both of them are worn and needs replacement.
- sway bar (torsion bar as their saying) bushings are worn. Here they say they need to replace the whole thing and the bushings cannot be replaced seperately.
- they also said that the prop shaft from the transfere case to the front axel boot is damaged and there is mud and dirt going in. This needs the prop shaft to be replaced with the boot.

For more trust, the service rep and the foreman let me in the workshop and showed me all the issues where I saw that there is actually a play (movement) in the sway bar and the lower control arm.

what is weird is that my car has done 129k km and these mechanical issues are coming up a lot as I have already replaced the engine & transmission mounts, the air suspension struts in the front and the upper control arms.

I would like to hear your opinion on these issues.

P.S. I bought the car second handed when it was running 66k km. I drive it in city, highway and a little of light off roading.

chassis

Stabilizer bar (torsion bar) bushings can be replaced. The entire bar assembly is not required. They are trying to fleece you.

If you are having issues with suspension vibration, you are the best judge on this. It could be the lower control arms need replacing. 129k km seems too early for this.

If the prop shaft boot is torn, the joint will eventually fail. I am not aware if a boot replacement kit is available. You can drive it until there are sounds or vibrations coming from the shaft, or replace it. Your choice.